Screening Schedule
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Monday, April 3 @ 7pm
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• Feature •

Favela Rising
directed by
Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist

* WINNER * Film of the Year
International Documentary Association

80 min • 2005 • Brazil • Portugese/Eng Subtitles • Color
www.favelarising.com
Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city
divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united.
Through Afro-Reggae and the rhythms of the street, a
former drug-trafficker rallies his community to
counteract the violent oppression enforced by
local drug armies and corrupt police.

• Shorts •

Expreso Arte
directed by dQueen

8 min • 2005 • Brazil • Portugese/Eng Subtitles • Color
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Sao Paulo
railway, the Brazilian government authorizes the city's
most prominent graffiti artists to legally transform
the trains into traveling works of art.

Racionais MCs
directed by dQueen

9 min • 2005 • Brazil • Portugese/Eng Subtitles • Color
Mixing live performance footage from Rio de Janeiro's
Hutúz Festival with commentary from two pioneers of
Brazilian hip hop, "Racionais MCs" explores the
growth of Brasil's urban hip hop culture.

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